Chapter 3 - The Boat

Marine Pollution - Additional Information

Definitions:

Plastic includes, but is not limited to; plastic bags, styrofoam cups and lids, six-pack holders, stirrers, straws, milk jugs, egg cartons, synthetic nets, ropes, lines and bio or photo-degradable plastics.

Garbage means paper, rags, glass, metal, crockery (generated in living spaces aboard the boat -- what we normally call trash), and all kinds of food, maintenance and cargo-associated waste. Garbage, as used here, does not include fresh fish or fish parts, dishwater, or gray water.

Dunnage is material used to block and brace cargo and is considered a cargo-associated waste.

Dishwater means the liquid residue from the manual or automatic washing of dishes and cooking utensils which have been pre-cleaned to the extent that any food particles adhering to them would not normally interfere with the operation of automatic dishwashers.

Graywater means drainage from a dishwasher, shower, laundry, bath, and washbasin and does not include drainage from toilets, urinals, hospitals, and cargo spaces.

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